Ask a Correctional Officer anything

454 Questions

Last Answer on February 10, 2022

If you where not a Correctional Officer what job could you see yourself doing?

Asked by Question to all almost 5 years ago

Before that I worked for the DMV giving driving tests. It was OK but working at the prison was safer.

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Why do people think these are chat rooms?

Asked by Donaldsoneeson about 5 years ago

Beats the crap out of me.

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Has someone ever tried to Go hands on with you? If so what happens?

Asked by Samantha almost 5 years ago

It happened on occasion. I never got hurt. They sometimes did.

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What is the scariest situation you have ever been in?

Asked by Donald almost 5 years ago

I have been in the middle of a couple of full-fledged riots. That is very scary. Even if you are not a specific target it is completely possible to get hurt. I was't, but it was still scary.

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Is there really any "correcting" in prison for the most part? I mean how do we get people justice and also get people the help they need so they wont do it again as soon as they get out of prison or later down the road even?

Asked by Diane almost 5 years ago

For the most part NO. We can not enforce correction on unwilling participants. Most criminals are criminals deliberately, they didn't accidentally fall in with a bad crowd or other crap. They made a conscious decision to adopt a criminal lifestyle. Once they get too old, or too tired, or get tired of the madness the system may be able to provide some useful tools for them to stay out of the slammer. They have to be interested in doing so on their own or it doesn't work.

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WHY DID THE METEOROLOGIST GO AWAY?!?!

Asked by UH OH UH OH UH OH over 5 years ago

I suggest you ask him/her/it directly.

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What do you think the situation was with that cop killing the black man?

Asked by Caleb almost 5 years ago

It is really hard to say. There are about 800,000 cops in this country. A few of them will be dumptrucks. You might remember Officer Mohammed Noor was also from Minneapolis and is currently doing time for the same charge they have nailed this White guy with. He was carried by the system because their moron mayor desperately wanted a Somali Islmaic cop on the force, even though he should have been dumped during training. I understand the current guy has a substantial number of complaints against him that were MAYBE-PROBABLY not handled correctly. My GUESS is that the dead guy said or did something that tweaked the cop and he decided he was going to show his prisoner what for. Completely unjustified morally, ethically and legally. The cop KNEW or SHOULD HAVE KNOWN that what he was doing was very dangerous to his prisoner, who was clearly not resisting. I am not familiar with Minnesota law that much but it is distinctly possible that the other three cops who were there and who did not intervene will face some criminal charges as well. I do think that burning down an Auto Zone or a Target because you are pissed at the cops is kind of stupid and not even remotely helpful.

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